Low credit scores and bad credit histories lead many people to seek out certified credit counseling and debt management services. In addition to April being National Financial Literacy Month, it marks the official start of baseball season. As the old baseball saying goes, “You can’t know the players without a scorecard” and that’s true in [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Are You Financially Literate? Part Two
Before you look at the answers to yesterday’s quiz, consider this: the 2009 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey prepared by The National Foundation for Credit Counseling by Harris Interactive Inc. found roughly 42 percent of all adults gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance. That’s more than 92 [...]
Are You Financially Literate? Part One
People seeking out certified credit counseling and debt management services often wonder what led them to that point. April is National Financial Literacy Month and President Barack Obama marked the occasion last week with a proclamation calling on Americans to “recommit to teaching ourselves and our children about the basics of financial education.” In his [...]
